Essen (dpa / lnw) - Maybe a plush costume would be better than Funkenmariechen: After a few warm and sunny days this week, the weather will cloud over at the height of the carnival from Thursday. The German Weather Service also expects strong winds. The weather is supposed to calm down a bit until Shrove Monday when the wind-prone floats pull through the carnival strongholds.
"In old women we come under the influence of low pressure with clouds and precipitation," said meteorologist Ulrike Zenkner from the German Weather Service in Essen on Tuesday. After all, it remains quite mild in the Rhineland with up to 12 degrees. Friday and Saturday are then supposed to be rainy and stormy - even in the Rhineland it could blow with wind force 8. On Sunday, when the Schull and Veedelszöch pass through Cologne and the Kö hustle and bustle takes place in Düsseldorf, the rain will be less and the wind weaker. "For Shrove Monday it looks like there will be no precipitation," said the meteorologist.
Most recently, in 2020 - immediately before the Corona restrictions - numerous carnival parades were canceled due to the stormy weather.
